St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 14, 1900

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“ae oe . ” f oe aA st 2 ¥ mie Se "e 3 . - : iy oi : E ‘ Regular Edition. COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS. — | ee ‘TREASURES OF MEXICO BROUGHT TO ST. LOUIS. Contributions from our sister republic to a collection that bas made the city famous. Pictures and story in the NEXT SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH. ~ VOL, 52, NO. 266. o * wa %* ian te et oA Bee “ " ee : wm ees reer ae ”~ - ~ z z | ' ee orgs | : » a 1 THE ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING PAPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES, | "MONDAY EVENING—ST. LOUIS—MAY 14, 1900. PRICE Outside St. Louis, Two Cents. In St. Louis, One Cent. A NOVELETTE BY STEPHEN CRANE, Who wrote ‘“‘The Red Badge of Courage,” will be priated in complete the NEXT SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH. Sunday Circulation for April. .....158,360 Want Ads for April...............30,294 ~ BULLER MOVI Minas NG ON THE BOERS IN NATAL ’ =." a 4 His. rmy Said to Have Driven the Burghers From. Their Strong Position in the Biggars- berg Range. - — ‘Movement to Keep Pace With Roberts’ Operations in the Orange Free State. BOER FORCE DISINTEGRATING. FREE STATERS SAID TO BE DES- ERTING GEN. BCTHA AND HIS TRANSVAALERS. ZLendon Experts Predict That the War Is Near the End and That It Will Be Over in Three Months. LONDON, May 14.—A special dispaten from Stone Hill Farm, north of Ladysmith, dated to-dGay, says: “Gen. L:uiler’s advance commenced Thurs- day, when he left Ladysmith in strenezth. When within two miles of Helpmakaar the Kkhoers apened a heavy artillery jire and the British g:ins replied, while a perticn of Bul- ler’s troops worked zround the Boer flanks. The British attack. was pressed heme Sun- day. Bethune, on the right, outflanked the | Roers, whose splendid defensive positions’ on the Riggarsberg range were practically taken. “Gen. Buller’s march subsequent attack was carried out without a The British are still pushing on.” Another dispatch, dated Stone Hili Farm, (720 this morning, says: “After four days’ march eastward at the foot of the Biggarsberg ridges, in the direc- tion of Helpmakaar, which was occupied | by the federals, the second brigade Sunday | led the attack. D:tndonaid’s cavalry broke | the Doer center [nd Bethune’s horse ad-| vanced on their @treme right. In the di- to the hitch. ne Se ee > Basin ever, wy = BULLER’S OPERATIONS. sustained by the Inniskillins May 10, de- tailed in the dispatches of the Assaciated Press Saturday last. The troopers were fired on while unsaddling their horses, hav- ing approached the kKraal unsuspiciously as a white-flag was fiving from it. It appears that the Boers at Kroonstad had been re-enforced by 3000 men from Natal last Friday and that, altogether, 10,00, with 20 guns, trekked from Kroonstad on the approach of Lord Roberts. The Boers made an ineffectua!] stand at Boshrand é@énrd had elaborate intrenchments in front of Kroonstad, which offered great facilities for a rear guard action. Their only anxie- ty, however, appears to have been to get away safely with all their guns and con- | voys, which again they have steadily ac- complished. The few stores they were un- able to carry away they burned. President Steyn is represented as having been frantic with rage, and as ‘having kicked and cuffed the burghers, after vain- ly imploring them to continue the fight. OR OOO Atal, Ca 2 ITs m= eae lige ee Aner repent hare me Mr oe wR “ v4 4 %* “ eae, “ef . 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If that 4s his plan he has passibly divided his forces, sending one column eastward to threaten Vrybeid and Utrecht, and take Laings Neck in the rear, while a west-bcund column at- . tempts to form a junction with the forces of Lord Roberts, via the Harrismith Rali- road. Telegrams from Kroomsiad indicate thai Gen. French's cavalry is keeping in touch with the Boers, but perhaps Lord Reberts will be compelled to order a brief nalt of his inain body in order to allow tne troops to recuperate after the exhausting imarches of the past week. All the correspondents agree that to all jutents and purposes, the Free Staters have severed their military alliance with the Transvaal, though scactered bodies, they Say, Will possibly hold out rere «end there. | A dispatch fram Cape Town, dated day, says a proclamation will be published this week annexing the Orange Free State It ie also seid that Gen. Botha (ihe com- |} mander-in-chief of the Boer forces), threat- ens to resign if any preparations are mace | for the wanton destruction of property. The correspondent of the Reuter Telegram Co. at Cape Town says the American resi- dents are taking steps to repudiate statements of Webster Davis, the former United States Assistgnt Secretary of the | interior, who recently visited South Africa. The war office has received the follow- ing dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated Kroonstad, May 13: “There were more casualties in the cav- airy division May 10 than reported by me. I have been unable to get an exact account of what occurred, as the commanding officer, Capt. Elsworthy, was killed, and two offi- cers were wounded at the same me and have been sent to the rear. But it would ap- pear that @ party of our men going up to a kraal on which a white flag was fiving, was suddenly attacked by a large number of the enemy. Two officers, Capt. Hale of the Sixth Dragoons, and Lieut. Wilkinsan of the Australian Horse, were made pris- oners and 21.men are still unaccounted for. Some of them may have turned up, as the cavairy covered a considerable distance May 10, and have been rejoining ew d! -s.”’ j to- eo me re SAS eg IE TS ES 2 ch BT 1 ne fo eee oe ee ed ee er the | ‘Gen. Brabant’s main force with Campbell's Say ieee eA geen A wrea? ae : refers to the losses tEE STATE CAPITAL, NEW FREE STATE CAPITAL President Steyn Has Established the | Movable Government at Heilbrun. KROONSTAD, Saturday, May 12.—Pres- ‘dent Steyn has gone te Heilbrun, not Lind- ley. He has declared the former the new capital. Four hunéred burghers have given up their arma here ani ir this neighnbor- hood. Although the bridge across the Valsch has ists where the road ran before the bridge Was constructed. The Transvaalers are reported to be mass- ing at the Vaal. hesburg shows that dissensions exist in the Transvaal Volksraad. Radway repairs are progressing rapidly. The town accepts the occupation quietly. BRITISH FRONT OF 38 MILES Driving the Boers Northward From the Region About Thaba N’Chu. THABA N’CHU, Sunday, May eighth Division, with its front extending 3) miles, Was yesterday moving forward. Gen, Greenfell and Gen, Brabant followed the Boers, reaching Newberry’s Mills and cap- turing great quantities of flour and grain. brigade of guards and Gen. Boyes’ brigade have cleared the country. The Boers are splitting up and retiring in } the direction of Clocoland. SEES NO HOPE OF MEDIATION No Inteference in South Africa Unless Both Belligerents Ask It, Says Austria’s Minister. BUDA PEST, May 14.—In the course to- day of his customary speech to the dele- gations, the Austro-Hungarian minister of foreign affa'rs, Count Goluchowsky, clared that the confidence he had previous- ly felt that the Bouth African war would not dangerously affect the relations be- tween the great powers had so tar been fully realized. He said that he hoped hos- rue would ‘ a: aormalnet ee but ined!.- on appeared to out of the question, unless both oeligeryee desired ite” 5 uee- DAVIS HOPES TU BOERS COM: a ee Enderses Action of Post-Dis- patch in Securing Invitation. | (GOVERNORS ACTED NOBLY. ‘INVITATION FROM THREE STATES WILL RESULT IN GOOD. | | ‘Says the Boers Are Skilled Farmers and Accomplished Gentlemen and Would Be Fine Citizens—Be- lieves in Their Cause. Special to the Post-Dispatch. KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 14.—The de- cision of Govs. Stephens, Jones and Stanley to extend to the Boers an invita- tion to trek to the States of Missouri, Ar- kansas and Kansas and there make their homes, as announced in Sunday's Post-Dis- patch, is heartily indorsed by Webster Davis, the leading champion of the Boer cause in the United States. Mr. Davis read with great interest the Post-Dispatch report of the remarkable te‘e- graphic conference between the three gov- ernors and declared without hesitation that they had followed a noble course when they decided to offer the Transvaalers the hos- pitality of their states, He furthermore said that he belfeved that the invitation would spur the Boer army to: still nobler deeds of heroism than it has yet performed and would give the republics aséurance that they have good and strong friends in the Uniiel States. “I Know positively that the Boers, if de- feated, will live under English domi- nation,”’ said Mr. Davis. “State Secretary Reitz declared to me repeatedly that if he and his peonle were forced to leave the land which they have made prosperous by their indusiry ingenuity, they would not and in all probability come to the United States where they may enjoy with molestation the liberty that England is now eeeking to take from them. “It is Attine that they settle in Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas, for these states offer to them the kind of life they have been ac- customed to. They are principally farmers and agriculture is an art with them. They would make the land where they built their homes yield a hundred-fold and increase ite value many times by improvements. “They would honor our citizenship, for they are of that hardy, honest class of mén that makes the bone and sinew of a nation. They are scrupulous, and have a keen sense of justice. They also take a deep interest in government, and nearly cvery Boer is a political economist, capable of liscus®ing With admirable inielligence any question that concerns the state. love to think of the an African parallel to our § farmer. He is the same quality of iqan— always at his post of duty, never failing to fight for his country’s battles, and in his quiet, modest way, >ebuilding the foundations of the commonwealth where it crumbles from the rottenness above. That's the Boer as I xnow him, and - am _ oo what manner of men is equired to make a nation great if he doe : > do not fill the need. ” ‘ ae But it is not only as an honest, thought- ful, faithful man that I Would Vvelcome him to the fecund valleys and rich mines of the Middle W est. He would be an addi- tion to our social life. Despite the stories that have been repeatedly printed of his rudeness and barbaric manners, he is in most cases an accomplished gentleman familiar as the social king with the little courtesies that go to make the life of the drawing room fascinating. He does not wear his plow clothes to sozial functions and his wife and daughters do not accom- pany him in their kitchen dresses. They g0 arrayed in the height of fashion, and their clothing is as rich as any that will be found in London drawing rooms. They not only dress well but thev talk Well. They are conversant with all cur- rent topics, and have a deep love for poet. ry, art, music and kindred accomplishments. They discuss all of them with rure intel- ligence. ‘In fact, in every phase in which the Boer is fairly considered the verdict must be that he is a high type of manhood. Any state or nation on earth m'‘ght feel hon- ored to have him as .a citizen. T do not think J am swayed by any unreasoning force when I say this. I have studied the Boer as veen destroyed, a good deviation ex- | selves, | vinced me that they were | with all the rignt 'invader back to the ocean. 13.—The | Boer in his home after the manner of the impartial American student. He has stood the test of all analyses and has come forth from the mass of lies, misrepresentations — F aghag bea eo a see. infinitely more wor- 1y the esteem of fair-minc 3 es apd sen inded persons than “IT went to South Africa without an opin- ion on the Boer-English question. J] gave both sides an opportunity to justify them- England failed, but the Boers con- a worthy people and justice of the present ra ' quarrel on their side. "he Standard and Diggers: News of Johan- | j | Boers as possible come | suffer defeat, yet I hope that God in his 'wiscom will turn the tide of battle in their “While I want to see as many of the ‘favor and help them to drive the ruthless There » Oo 4 40.00 Boers capable of going inte’ bart and the British now have 300,000 soldiers in South Africa. But the Boers are fight- ing for their homes and are worth 10 Eng- lishmen apiece. They will yet give a good account of themselves and will, I solemniv believe, be victorious in the end.” . | Mr. Davis arrived in Kansas Cit t | will deliver a lecture to-night the benefit of the G. A. R. and ex- Confederate Veterans’ organizations. He ‘has just completed a successful tour of the South, lecturing in the principal cities to large audiences. He hopes soon to speak in DE HAVENS t Treasury Department Warns Descend- NOMONE Y FOR.THE ants of a Philadelphian Against | Efforts to Defraud Them. | Special to Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, May 14.—A large num- ber of received daily at the Treasury Department from all parts of the country asking information regarding the distribution of the money which ‘Jacob de Haven’’ loaned to the government im 1777. Unscrupulous claim agents have invented this story and are sending letters to all the De Havens, saying that the government received ov, from Jacob de Maven, who kept a hotel in Philadelphia, and that this. with the interest, has accumulated into an immense fortune, to which the descendants are entitled. The Treasury the letters are Department has circular which says: “There is not now, nor ever has been, any money in_ the treasury for the heirs of Jacob de Haven.”’ The Treasury eS - has alse called the attention of the postal authorities to the §#se of the mail for the ~ ‘*rpose ef de- frauding vena issued a ay Ga RE i i Rae, we SBF aia) or) to Missouri if they | y Sunday Li Re a oe he Sg asa Ap % oe AE: aunt ee es T HAS BEEN HOTTER MAY RECORD NOT BROKEN SUN- DAY OR MONDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURE 88 SUNDAY Cooling Showers Will Follow the Warm Visitation. Many S8t. that hot weather has arrived. The highest temperature Sunday was 88 degrees. putting wilted collars and soggy — shirt- fronts in shape. The weather man went just a little bit “Feels Like 100 in the Shade.” beyond the limit Sunday, considering the fact that wearers of shirts and shirtwaists were forced to walk about the city. Weather conditions came very near the record for May 13 during the last 23 years. Monday morning there was apparently no relief in sight, bat Forecaster Hyatt says cooling showers are scheduled to arrive dur- ing the night. Though it was almost op- pressively hot Sunday St. Louis maintained its reputation as a-summer resort. In the early morning houfs Monday there came a dismal wail from, Chicago, where the much-vaunted lake breeze is like the breath of a simoon. The telegraph operator in.the Windy City *Wish the Cars Were Running.”’ — -—— — - —————————————— bathed his heated brow in ice water and sent out the information that on Sunday all he had the hose turned om him and sent an- other message saying that there had been four prostrations, one of which had resulted fatally. Nothing like that happened in St. Louia. Theugh the thermometer climbed to. 8&8, there was a stiff breeze which worked over- time and was still on duty Monday morning. Here are the temperature records of May 13 in previous years, as shown by the sta- tistics of the local bureau: 1591, 89 degrees; 1893, 89; 1894, 92; 1895, 94; 1898, 80; 1899, 90. They They Will Not Assist Her Plans to Provide Working Classes With a Sunday Holiday. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, May 14.—The unique en- tertainment planned for the working classes by Mrs. John R. McLean, which was heid at ‘“‘Friendship Grange,’ her country seat, did not realize her expectatians, Only about twenty persons were present. At the last moment Mrs. McLean encountered unex- pected opposition from the leading wlergy- men of Washington. Her idea In arranging these Sunday after- noons in the country, to which evervone day to the poorer classes. The Marine Band had been engaged to play sacred music and light refreshments were to be served. Mrs. McLean hoped to extend her invita- tion to the public from the pulpits of va- rious churches, choosing different congrega- tioms each Sunday until all had been enter- tained. The Episcopal clergy, acting on Iinstruc- tions from the bishop of Washington re- fused to issue the invitations from their pulpits. Bishop Satterlee has been very frank in expressing his disapproval of the entire idea. He says that people should be encoairaged to go to church and not to pic- nics on Sunday. Bishop John F. Hurst of the Methodist Church was not less outspoken, and Baptist, Presbyterian and other preachers also de- clined to issue the invitations. Mrs. McLean is deeply disappointed, but declares that she will carry out her plans despite the oppasition of the ministers. THE WEATHER INDICATIONS. PROBABLE SHOWERS. For St. Louis and vyicinity—Probably showers Monday night; fair and cooler Tuesday, For Missouri—Probably local thunder storms Mon- day night and Tuesday; cooler Tuesday and west portion Monday night. For Tlinoie—Partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday, with probably local thunderstorfps borth | and central portions 5 ~~ > ye Pe % ‘ Fo ee ee . * ee ee ‘ oe PS aI QRS ae ee Pig : - : - “ar rae + ROR > | LITTLE JACK 1S DEAD — ‘TREWARD OFFERED FOR DROWNED BOY’S BODY. Louisans are ready to declare a Y © OOOO OODOOSSO The above advertisement, which appears lu the daily papers Monday, relaies only >. partially the sad story of the drowning of the only and id >dlized child of a peor, hard- working ccuple. Jobn Arthur, the father, is a laborer in the Continenial Tobacco Co.’s factory. He and his wife and little Jack dwelt in the second-story of a modest little flat at 1727 South Secord street. While the mother worked around the house the presence of the bright-eyed boy brought sunshine to her heart and song to her lips. When the father returned, tired and soiled, from his day's labor, the chald’s innocent prattie chased away the cares of a workjngman’s life and made the little home a veritable heaven to him. wow all is changed. The mother sits ona ciair vainly endeavoring to stanch the flow of tears with her apren, and striving to hide from her husband the sobs of grief that shuke her form. The father, with bowed head and sorrow- soddep eyes, stands gazing cut of the front Window at the swirling sand-laden siream two blocks away, which he knows is nding somewhere the body of his little one. The child had been cautioned many times by both parents not to go near the river, and this was the first time he disobeyed the injunction. Even then he mignt not have done so, had not crowd of beys induced nim to go and play in the shallow puidles on the edge and catch tadpoles. ; Little Jack grew tired of this pastime, and went out to the third pier of the cradle, where cars are put on ferryboats at the foot of Lesperance street. He stood om the edge of the cradle looking over the river. Then the little glints of sun- light that danced on the crests of the waves fascinated him, and he laughed in giee. But the little lights were treacherous piaymates and soon made him feel dizzy. The sensation was a new one to him and he did not see where. there could be any danger in it. Soon the little points of light seemed to beckon to him, and he fell from the plier and was carried by the swift cur- rent down the river. His playmates ran to the boy’s home and between sobs told the story of the accident. The father rushed to the river bank, but there was no trace of his child. Frantic with grief, he ran up and down the bank in his vain search, Then he notified the po- lice and other authorities to make a search for the body. Not satisfied with these steps to recover his dead boy he offered the reward of $% of his hard-earned salarv, thinking that it might stimulate the searchers to greater ef- fort. a] 4 i 15 Nie CS ing Oi" Bata tase tak: RPG RR, Ss EE TBR OP BEE it ti , SCR yh a RO DES RE OE NE EE GL RE IS 8 CH cd gp gage ne i 0 all: SRC A ; ile Sa mead P ' ~ a iis, S 2 en Joie 3 ties ig SRR het Ry 2 aR i oa ; be Fe js Bee, 2 ee “ oe ee gt oh eS |S - “4 a a ‘ao vs ooo oO OO% | INSURANCE AGAINST MARRIAGE | ARBITRAT ORS WORK N BOTH SYSTEMS © 2-07o---——__. ._.. Two Important Meetings Being Held This Af- noon in the Interest of Peace. —_—— ap —— -— SITUATION ON SUBURBAN LINES TRANSIT STRIKE UNDER DISCUS. Is HOPEFUL. | TALK FAIR. BOTH SIDES They Agree to Abide by the Result of the Conference No Matter What It May Be. Monday afternoon a conference began at the Four Courts, the odject which is to select an arlttration board tu settle the Suburban rathway strike. The men now working for the company are represented by Harry B. Hawes, pres- ident of the police board. The strikers are represented by Chairman Woodmorth of the grievance committee, Union No. 144 and by Fresident Mahon of the national union. rhe plan js for the striking employes to one arbitrator, the employes not another and these two a third. At 2:30 of select striking ta choose men to agree upon Present indicatioms are that tne suburban railway strike will be settled by arbitra- tion and that the union men will return to work Tuesday morning. Negotiations looking toward a settlement begun Saturday were continued Monday morning and a definite conclusion as to whether the differences are to be submitted to aribtraciion will be reached in the af- ternoon. Monday morning at the Four Courts a conference was held between Harry B. Hawes, acting at the request of General Manager Jenkins of the Suburban Railway. and President Jolly of the Suburban em- ploves’ union. Attorney Ben Clark, fcr the union, was prescnt. After the conference, which Inusted nearly an howr, Mr. Hawes expressed himself as being Fopeful that the strike would be set- tled Monday afternoon. Both sides are very hopeful that at this conferences an agreement to arbitrate will be reached, and that an impartial board-of arbitration will be selected, to go into ses- sion without delay and render a decision tefore Tuesday morning. Attorney Clark sail to the Post-Dispatch: “I am hopeful that the strike will be set- tled, and from present indications I believe that it will. Unless anforeseen nmitches oc- cnr, it Is quite probable that the striking union men cn the Suburban will return to work to-morrow w¢worntin..’”’ Chairman G. H. Woodworth af the griev- ance committee said. ‘It looks now as if the strike would be seitied. We ars willing to arbitrate. But we want everything arbitrated, not a few matters picked out and the others ignored. We believe that every demand that we have made is a just demand, but if the com- pany will make some concessions we may alsa) concede minor points. We want a fair and square deal all around, and you can say for me that if this matter is ar- bitrated by mutual agreement the union will stand by the decision. Even if it goes agsinst us we will swallow our medicine, and we expect the Suburban company to do an | the ' becoming mem- | Bride Changes Clothing in a Hurry in| back | Dillard | Before the-judge ar- | clerk to show | the same if it goes in our favor.” At the morning conference arbitration was offered bv General Manager Jenkins, through Mr. Hawes, on the following terms, the first action toward settling the dispute having been taken by the men now working for the Suburban company, turough a cem- , mittee last Saturday: “The striking employes to select one ar-- bitrator, the emploves, not striking, to se- leet another, and the two to select a third ‘man, all of whom shal! constitute the board of arbitration. ‘This board shall dec‘de wether he or the men violated the agreement entered into April 6 by himself and his employes. “Tf the decision is in his favor all em- ployes are to return to work; if against him, then he agrees ta submit all questions of differences between himself and his em- ployes to arbitration.” WR VARRELMANN TO TRY Announces That He Will Do His Best to Keep the Street Car Tracks Clear of Obstacles. | Street Commiss‘oner Charles Varrelmann ' stated to the Post-Dispatch Monday morn- ing that he would do all in his power to clean the streets sufficiently to allow the cars to run. “IT have notified my four district superin- tendents to put all their gangs at work cleaning the rubbish out of the street car tracks. They are already daing so. “As as I receive reports from the police that a street is obstructed at @ cer- tain point I will immediately forward it to the superintendent of the district in which the obstruction is reported. “But the policemen will also have to fur- scon ‘nish protection to the men of my depart- ment. One of our gangs was stoned Satur- ' day in the Kerry Patch district and one of /my men reported that when he appealed to corre- | the policemen there to protect him he was the ‘told that he would better apply to the sher- il ' There have becn 40 deaths! in three days at Mandivee and so numerous | iff, the police already had al) they could do. “I da not know that we will be able to keep the car tracks clean all over the city. It is quite possible for people to pile rub- bish on a track right after we have cleaned it. But we will do the very best we can. The four district street superintendents are W. J. Broeker, John B, Owen, George Eller and Charlies Withoefft. BOYER SUES ON A PATENT. PHILADELPHIA, May M.—The Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co, and Joseph Boyer of Sst. Louls, manufacturer of pneumatic tool, to-day entered sult in the United States Court here against the Philadeiphia rneu- matic Tool Co. and the Kellar Tool Cov., charging infringement of the Hoyer pore as counting of profits w@ are count teel patents. An injunction A. yea OF. SION AT MERCANTILE CLUB. NOON MEETING POSTPONED. Citizens Committee Has Been Busy All Day Perfecting Arrange- ments for Conference. Shortly after 2 o’clock the grievance come mittee of tne strikers, headed by Chairman T. B. Edwards, went into conference with l'resident Edwards Whitaker and Attorney Frederick W. Lehman of the St. Louls at the Mercantile Club. The session was executive. Monday morning the first step toward continuing the negotiations for arbitration Was a visit by the citizens’ committee to the cifice of President Bdwards Whitaker of the transit company. After a short confer- ence there the committee wont to Walhalla lHiall, where a session was held with the grievance committee of the local Street Railway Union. Shortly bafore noon the citizens’ commit- tee returned to President "Whitaker's of- There was a short and apparently in- At its conclusion Pres- Co, Transit fice. formal cou.ference. Chairman of the Citizens’ Committee, — ident Whitaker refused to make a state- Inent and referred his questioners to the members of the citizens’ committee. Chairman W. H. Woodward of the citi- zens’ committee said: ‘The conference be- tween the representatives of the company, the committee of citizens and the repre- sentatives of the union, which was set for noon at the Mercantile Club, has been called off. There is nething left for us to do now but to go to lunch. The conference was called off because it was found that Wwe could not get together. By that I mean that it was impossible for all of those concerned to get to the Mercantile Club at the ap- pointed time. Negotiations toward arbitra- tion are not called off. The meeting will be held some time this afternoon.” Earlier Monday President Whitaker re- fused to state whether he would take part in the proposed arbitration conferencve, The executive boards of the Central way Emplayes’ Union and the Building Trades Council were suddenly called Mon- day morning to meet at Walhalla Hall Mon- day evening at 8 o'clock. This meeting, it is said, is to be in place of the one cafled for Wednesday night, at which it was re solved Sunday night, a general sympathetie strike would be discussed. It is understood that all the delegates will attend clothed with plenary powers and that they will have full authority to call out every member of every union they rep- resent. It is believed, however, that they would not act without referring the ques- tions back to their principals. ‘The governor's action in calling out 2500 extra paiice has complicated the strike ait- vation,” said National President Mahon to the Post-Dispatch Monday, “It Was an Un- wise and an uncalled for action and belles: his attitude of only two days ago, when he said that the situation did not justify such measures as he Intimates may be expected, “While his precipitate course is In itself @ situation was not unexpected. It has net strengthened the railways’ position. Does the governor take the responsibility of or- dering the forces at his command to shoot and club into submission American justice and freedom? “United Jabor does not fear the issue $0 suddenly and strangely presented by the governor. It has a way of dealing even with euch conditions. We will win this fight by sentiment and not by resort to bullets and bayonets. : “Il am afraid the governor bas made the task of the citizens’ commiti¢e all the more difficult. Everything was proceeding nkely when this new order came like @ clap of thunder. I am very much afraid it bas spoiled the chance of arbitratéon.” In reply to the statement of Mr. anent the cal for 200 special Gov. Stephens said to the Post- : “f called for the men because I thought they were needed and without | Mr. Mabon about it. I tadked with ¢he po- lice board, the police chief, the captains and the other heads of the police depart- ment, and they thought the situation fr quired this action, #0 I took it. I | ‘nese met, who live in St, Louis, know the conditions bere better than does Mr, Mahon, eho doesn’t iive here. consult Mr. Mahon nor de so."" H. W. Gteinbdias satd to the t- that the meeting of Monday night I propcse to do | . ~ ? > Trades and Labor Council, the Street Ra‘l- » surprise, his new way of dealing with the tee Therefore I @id@ not | .